Anyway, I was just bluffing ... for a good cause (to spark some discussion and banter on this otherwise-silent list). Do you know that I couldn't tell you the number of my own two-wheeler currently? (All that I know is that it gives me a very good mileage, 80+ per litre, and is made-in-India Bajaj technology.) FN
On 20/02/2008, ANNETTE D'SOUZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Whoa whoa! > > Rico, you stand corrected.....a few more people with better memories than > yours & mine. Looks like your memory is failing too - ha ha! & you are > much younger than I am - too bad, too bad! > > However I recall my old Toyota Corona Car No. ended with 41 too but had 666 > before those digits - yeh yeh, dont say it - triple six is the devil's no. > Unfortunately, it also appears as the last digits of our hotel switchboard > number - & no, I'm not into tjhe devil's ways ...yet..... > > Dusty & windy weather here - grrh!, snowstorms in Canada, so what's it like > in UK & Goa? > I'm off home now > > Ta ra > Annette > > ________________________________ > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:37:04 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SALIGAONET] Welcome: Osmond Lobo > To: [email protected] > > Oh yes I was going to correct that but missed my writing...Micheal you are > right..it was 441..Danny take note... > > michael fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rico, > Uncle Felix's Car number was 441. > In fact, we used to call our good old classmate Gregory, 441. > > Michael Fernandes > Abu Dhabi > U.A.E. > Mobile : 00 971 50 4432984 > > > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:21:12 +0530 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Welcome: Osmond Lobo > > > > On 19/02/2008, GODINHO GRACE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Anthony has not only missed out Grace...but there are more to > it...Vanessa & > > > Mario.May be I was not born then for him to remember but if he knows > Osmond > > > as a baby then Vanessa too was a baby.!!!Oh yes he remembers my dad > > > too..driving a cab...wow~!! But Annette, who is lillan..I dont figure > out > > > > Grace, I remembered your dad too, a popular figure with a smile on his > > face ... he looked like a mix of Greg and Jessie :-) if I recall > > right. > > > > Those were the days when boys of our age all wanted to become drivers > > -- preferably a bus or truck driver if we could manage it! Those w ere > > also the days when there was no television, and the Government's > > propaganda arm went around showing 16 mm movies in villages. > > > > I remember very clear one incident. We were watching a movie at the > > church (somewhere near where the outdoors pulpit is). It must have > > been around 1970, just after the "man goes to the moon" thing. The > > Apollo movies were all over the place. After some moon movie, there > > was a local documentary. And one of the things we noticed was Grace's > > dad's car ... if I remember, it's number was GDA 444. (There were very > > few cars in Goa then, still.) All of us kids were thrilled. > > > > FN > > > > PS: Grace please try to get your other brothers and sisters onboard > Saligaonet. > > > > -- > > Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 > > The Goa books blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com > > Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa): http ://goa1556.goa-india.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org > > Saligaonet mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet > > ________________________________ > Live the life in style with MSN Lifestyle. Check out! Try it now! > _______________________________________________ > Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org > Saligaonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet > > > > ________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > ________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger > _______________________________________________ > Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org > Saligaonet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet > > -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 The Goa books blog: http://goabooks.wordpress.com Goa1556 (alt.publishing.goa): http://goa1556.goa-india.org _______________________________________________ Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org Saligaonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet
